Today we boarded the ship. We left the hotel at 10:00am and drove to the
Budget car return where we had to wait about 45 minutes for the shuttle to take
us to the ship. It was only a short
drive and we were in our rooms before noon.
After dropping our luggage off in our room, we met Jeff
& Vera and Tim and Barbara on the back of the ship to have lunch and catch
up on each other’s lives. Then it was up
on the deck to be out in the sun.
We stayed for a couple of hours before going in for the
life boat drill. After that we went up
to the food deck and brought snacks back to the cabin and sat out on the deck
watching the ship leave the Port of Ft. Lauderdale.
By then our luggage came so we unpacked and had our first
nap.
The show was about average and after that we joined
everyone for dinner and then went to the casino. The nice thing is that the shows are now at
7pm and 9pm so we always get to go to the 7pm show and then have dinner rather
than as before when the shows were after dinner and we didn’t get to the casino
until late.
While the host made our casino cards that we use for free
drinks, we went into the future cruise lounge and booked a July 4th cruise to
Bermuda that Jeff & Vera are taking and it is from New York. Barbara and Tim also booked theirs
tonight. We can always cancel it but we
booked it because there were some great incentives to book today.
Then we went to the casino and played for an hour with
both of us losing just a little.
Tomorrow is a day at sea so it should be a very peaceful
day. Night
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| Waiting for the shuttle to go to the ship |
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| A Carnival ship leaving port and another ship still docked |
